Position Title
Professor
Joiner studies the interactions between vision, limb movements and learning. His work uses both biological and engineering approaches. It includes both basic studies using arm movement as a model system, and work that can be translated to patients with neurological and behavioral disorders as well as to development of prosthetic limbs. He is also studying how modifying limb movements affects perception of time.
“He has established a productive and vibrant research program at UC Davis and is recognized as a leader and star in his field.”
— Mark Winey, dean, College of Biological Sciences
Research Interests
Our laboratory studies how we use different sources of information to aid behavior, ranging from visual perception to movement planning and updating. Specifically, we are interested in how external and internally-generated sensory information is integrated in healthy individuals, in comparison to certain disease and impaired populations (e.g., Schizophrenia and upper extremity amputees). Achieving this understanding may lead to better methods for diagnosing and treating impairments of the nervous system.
- 2001 B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University
- 2007 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- UC Davis Chancellor's Fellow, 2023
- Different but complementary motor functions reveal an asymmetric recalibration of upper limb bimanual coordination A Kanapskyte, JAG Arango, S Joshi, SK Robinson, JS Schofield, ... eneuro 13 (1), 2026